Today we fall asleep on GMM.
Let's talk about that.
♪ (theme music) ♪
- Good Mythical Morning. - Sleep: you gotta do it.
Everybody's into it. In fact, uh, scientists say more and more how important
- it is to get eight hours of sleep… - What's with scientists and sleep?
- Seven to nine hours if you can. - Scientists just want to...
- Do stuff while people are sleeping? - No. They just wanna have an excuse to
- sleep. Scientists are sleepy people. - No. I think they want people to sleep
and then they want to invent things that we don't know about 'cause we're sleeping.
Illuminati. Now, listen. I am in love with sleep.
Well, that's what we're going to talk about today, is...
If I could only do one thing for the rest of my life, it'd probably be sleep.
- …is how… - If I could only choose one thing.
...is how to get to sleep. And Link in particular: he's good at a lot of things,
he's not so good at other things, but if there's one thing that he is a champ at,
it is falling asleep. And falling asleep quickly. And I can say this from
experience. Not because we've shared a bed, but because we've flown together
many different times. And we'll be having a conversation, and then I'll like turn
around to like get my headphones out, and I turn back around and Link's GONE.
The sign of Link sleeping is mouth open, (snores) sometimes a snore will happen,
sometimes his eye kinda go half-open. It's a little embarrassing.
Mouth full-open, eyes half-open. You know I'm in Dreamland.
And then when the pretzels and peanuts come, I just take 'em and just put 'em
in his mouth for him. I feed him. But what we're gonna talk about today is for people
like me who are not as good at falling asleep-- 'cause, I mean, how long does it
take you to fall asleep? When you hit the hay, you hit the pillow...
- 120 seconds. - I mean, that seems crazy. Two minutes?
It seems particularly surprising to me because I'm an anxious person.
But something about laying down on my pillow… I'm able to check my worries at
the foot of the bed, so to speak. Or at the… at the… at the...
- The door? - What is the thing called
- that you go through? - The headboard. Hm?
If I go through the headboard, you better call the urgent care!
- Well, I get what you're saying. - The doorway.
You fall asleep quickly, and because you don't sit down and think. And I think for
- me, and probably for a lot to people… - My wife's… she'll lay down and think.
Boy, I'll roll over sometime and I can just see think fumes
- just coming off of her head. - (laughing) Well, I can think about
like a previous night and I think, "You know, it probably took half and hour
- to go to bed last night." - Really?
- Maybe sometimes an hour! - I'm very thankful for this gift,
- and I don't take it lightly. - Well, here's what we're gonna do:
there are some weird techniques. We're not gonna talk about the standard ones that
people talk about. We're gonna talk about the weird ways that people have suggested
for going to sleep. And then I'm gonna go through these, see what you --
a sleep expert, a guy who can sleep really well -- thinks about these.
- Okay. - And then we're actually going to try
to implement these and see who can go to sleep faster right here on the GMM set.
Okay, experiment. But so first you're gonna walk me through these, but
- we're not talking like counting sheep. - No, I'm talking about squeeze then relax.
- (laughing) - Sqee… squeeze what?
Squeeze your muscles. This is a technique that involves squeezing and relaxing your
muscles starting with feet and going all the way up to your face.
- Okay. - So squeezing and relaxing.
You gotta go all through the thighs, through the buttocks...
- …region, stomach… - Start with like the toes?
And you go all the way through. You don't have to do it now, but you might have to
do it in a second. Squeeze and relax.
How about this one? Rock yourself to sleep. You know, you rock a baby
- to go to sleep. - How do you rock yourself to sleep?
- You can rock yourself to sleep. - Like in a rocking chair?
No, (stammering) well, some people say that they can use like a actual
- rocking chair, or an office chair… - Well, yeah. I could do that.
But then you fall asleep in the office chair. I just think this is laying
down and just… (exhales) just kinda doing a little side-to-side action,
- and then eventually you're just like… - Well, it sounds funny, but I do think
- that is what they're saying. - Yeah, rocking yourself to sleep.
- Like giving yourself… - It's weird.
- ...a little ocean motion. - But it works for some people.
- A water bed helps. - Inhale through your left nostril.
- That's a technique. This comes from yoga. - Really?
It's thought to reduce blood pressure and can calm you. You lay on your left side
and then you rest a finger on your right nostril and close it and you breathe
- slowly through your left nostril. - Why your left nostril?
- Why not? - Well, laying on your left side...
- You've gotta pick one. - …enables the passing of gas.
- My grandma told me that. - Because what? Your butt's on the
- left side of your body, or what? - No, my butt's in the center, but...
- Your appendix? - I think that more intestine goes left
than right. I honestly don't know, but multiple people have told me...
- She's probably right. - …from the medical community.
If you need to pass flatu-liss… (nasally voice) flat-ness,
I don't know how to say it. Lay on your left side and then… but don't do this.
- Like the genie. - Well, you're gonna try that today, or
I might. Sleep inducing pressure points. Apparently there's a pressure point
- right there where your glasses are… - Really?
and if you take your thumb and you press there for 20 seconds and then relax, you
do that a couple of times. That has been known to help people sleep.
Now that's… uh, hoodoo.
- Mumbo jumbo? Hoodoo? - That's hoodoo.
- You looking for voodoo or mumbo jumbo? - My grandma also called it hoodoo.
- Well, she was wrong. She's a great woman. - I'm not stabbing a doll. I'm pushing
- my glasses. That's hoodoo. - Visualize falling asleep.
Some studies have shown that people who can actually… 'cause you know
in athletics, if you visualize the shot or the swing or whatever, it can help you.
But people who sit down, who lay down and then they visualize themselves falling
asleep. And if that means your mouth falls open, you visualize your mouth falling open.
- I think I kinda… - Next thing you know, your mouth is
- open and you're asleep. - I get that one.
And then finally, creating your own fantasy world. Some people say that
they have created a world, a fantasy world, in which there's...
- A dream world. - …other people, and, you know,
it can get really advanced and complex. It's a whole 'nother world, and you
go there in your mind. You have conversations with people. And then
you enter that world every single night, and before you know it, when you're trying
to get back into that world, you're asleep. Maybe you're dreaming about it.
- Okay, I mean that just seems like… - How does this sound to you?
That seems like more of a burden to think of more things. I just shut off all
- thoughts and get stupid. - Okay, well...
- Like the Black Eyed Peas. - You can try that. I'm gonna
pick a couple of these techniques to see and we're gonna see who can fall asleep
more quickly. There's no prizes, other than just a nap.
- Okay? - Well, that's good enough for me, brother.
To the sleep lab!
(whooshing sound effect) (harp glissando)
(whispering) Welcome to the sleep lab, Link.
(whispering) Thank you for having me here.
- I uh… (laughing) - And for dressing me like this.
- I've got on my… V-Day -- - (laughing)
and that doesn't mean Valentine's day -- war-themed pajamas. I got you the
plane theme and I got the dinosaur theme.
Okay. So I'm gonna fall asleep, just because I'm going to.
You're gonna do what you do. This is like we're at a lock in, first of all.
Isn't that cool? We haven't done this in forever. It's like a sleepover.
So you put your glasses up. You just do your normal thing. I'm gonna use
a couple of the weird techniques that I read about.
- Which technique are you gonna use? - I'm gonna start with left nostril.
- Do you want me to tuck you in? - No. I don't need any help.
- Will you tuck me in? - No.
So I'm gonna just breathe through my left nostril. You can ignore me.
(exaggerated breathing)
- Is that too loud? - It's a little loud.
I'm a little stuffed. (breathing again)
- You should close your eyes. (laughing) - (Rhett laughing)
You're staring at me, blowing out of your nostril.
Okay.
You don't normally try to fall asleep with your eyes open, do you?
- Sometimes. So I can see robbers. - (Link laughing)
- You're such a dork! - I don't think that left nostril --
I've done it just a couple of times, but I don't think it's gonna work.
I'm gonna do the pressure points.
(laughing)
- Shh shh shh! (et cetera) - (Link laughing) I gotta relax.
♪ (lullaby music) ♪
Ahh...
(Rhett) Mm. Wow.
I can see that working.
(laughing) (sheets rustling)
I'm gonna combine a couple of 'em.
I'm gonna do the pressure points, and I'm gonna enter a fantasy world.
(laughing) Okay.
- Do you want me to tell you about it? - (whispered) No!
It's called Blondor.
- It's not filled with blonde women. - (laughing)
It's just a name I came up with.
- I'm really trying to go to sleep now. - (Rhett) Blondor.
I'm really trying to go to sleep.
- (Rhett) I'm a knight. - (Link sighs)
- I ride a two-headed dragon. - You're making it very difficult.
(laughing) For me to go to sleep. (inhales) All right.
(Link sighs) This isn't gonna be easy.
♪ (harp glissando and windchimes) ♪
♪ (calming music) ♪
(sheets rustling quietly)
(lid pop)
(light thump)
(squirting) (Rhett laughing)
(Link inhales)
(both laughing) (sheets rustling)
(Link) I wasn't asleep!
It's amazing how much it just sat right in your upside down hand.
- Did you see that? It like defied gravity. - Why are you pinning me down?
I don't want -- don't hit me. You already got me.
- What? - Don't get me in the face.
- What were you gonna do. - I wasn't gonna do anything.
I was gonna scratch your nose a little bit.
(both laughing)
You didn't fall asleep, man. I was hoping you'd fall asleep.
- I came pretty close. - I was gonna get you.
- All right. Let's go back to the desk. - ♪ (harp glissando) ♪
- Well, that didn't really work. - I know. I'm a little disappointed
in myself. I got almost in the zone.
But then… there was pressure, and I knew that there were cameras
and I could hear more breathing than I'm used to in a room
- when I'm trying to go to sleep. - Yeah.
I'm usually hearing the breathing of my wife, not the breathing of like
- other people behind cameras. - Right.
And I would zone that out, and then all of a sudden it would come back in.
- We should've brought her. - And I would go...
- My mouth would… - (high voice) Heh, smile.
- I'd smile a little bit. - I went to Blondor.
- I accomplished quite a bit. - (laughing)
Became king. Uh, but every time I would just realize,
- "I'm just laying here on the floor. - (laughing)
- I'm not really on Blondor." - If you're in your own bed,
- Blondor might work for you, so… - Blondor, yeah.
It's not off-limits. Let us know in the comments what's your chosen method
of falling asleep, and maybe you can join my ranks of quick sleepers.
(laughing) Yeah, not that you proved that today. Thanks for liking and commenting.
You know what time it is.
Hi, I'm Brandon.
And I'm Ian. (snaps)
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You've gotta do that kinda thing. And so were you, so why don't you
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Click through to Good Mythical More, where I share my secret to falling asleep
that I didn't get to tell you yet, and all manners of falling asleep.
"Rhett is Link's tattoo artist." (southern accent) So, uh, you ready for a
neck tattoo. That's why you came in, right? Lemme see.
Uh, uh… yeah, man. Is it gonna hurt? Because it seems like a--
- (Rhett making a buzz with his mouth) - Ah-ah-ah-ah it seems like a
- very sensitive place. - Hold on. Hold on. We're gonna need...
I don't think I can make it over this thing.
(Link moaning)
I don't think I can make it over this thing!
- I'm gonna… - Over what?
Your adam's apple. I mean, I've never seen one like that.
Oh, well what about this? (singing a high note)
- Still there. There it is. - (singing a low note)
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